which one would you want

[IALuder]

which would you rather have street smarts or Book Smarts? why?

we had this disscussion at work last night. i wasnt sure which to chose. i went with street smarts.

[pdiggitydogg]

what Ive got now - combo of both

my sister is all books...I think she's a moron
(I remember a few years ago she couldnt even dial collect from a pay phone.)

[KwikR6]

See that's hard to choose. I have both.

But If I need to pick ONE!? It would be street smarts. Because you can always study a ton and eventually learn. Where as you can never learn or be taugh street smarts.

[mylittlecivic]

eh i probably have more street smarts then book smarts and even there im kinda shafted. I have too many inside-emotional smarts??? rr that probably doesnt even exist im just a moron:o

[GT40FIED]

I'm with Pat...I like what I've got now, a good mix of both. But I have to choose, I'd take street smarts. I've known too many people who were book smart who were complete and total social morons. They always knew the wrong thing to say in a given situation. Actually...I have an insane amount of trivia smarts. I never remember anything important but retain useless facts ad nauseam. Off the top of my head I can tell you what started WWI, the formula for calculating engine displacement, what a chimera is, and almost anything musically related...but I can't do algebra and could care less about literature.

[IALuder]

^bingo, thats the way i am.:yes:

[ChrisCantSkate]

street smarts.. but its hard to choose. i'll keep the mix i have

[pdiggitydogg]

literature? Who does care?
Same goes for the BS art history test that I have next week.

[Otakuguy]

Up here at our apartment, one of our roommates is all about booksmarts. Most awkward guy ever. He says the weirdest shit at exactly the wrong time.

Street smarts are a good thing to have, because they entail basic communication skills. If you know how to communicate, and you have some book smarts, you're set.

[AkimboStylee]

Originally posted by mylittlecivic
eh i probably have more street smarts then book smarts and even there im kinda shafted. I have too many inside-emotional smarts??? rr that probably doesnt even exist im just a moron:o
hey sometimes that is all you need, and anna why must you keep putting your self down, first it is with your pictures, you are a beautiful person, so none of that "ugly" talk, and know you are saying that you are a moron, comeon now, i think we all know that you are not a moron!!

[ebpda9]

i'll take smarts of any kind ;)